Black Middens, Sarah (Sally)

HER Number

14335

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Black Middens, Sarah (Sally)

Place

Tynemouth

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Maritime Craft

Site Type: Broad

Sailing Vessel <By Rig>

Site Type: Specific

Brig

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Wreckage

Description

1801 wreck of English brig which stranded near the Black Middens during a gale on entering Shields from London; a wooden sailing vessel.

Easting

437000

Northing

568000

Grid Reference

NZ437000568000

Sources

National Monuments Record (1394287); Newcastle Courant 02-JAN-1802, No.6534 Page(s)4; Newcastle Advertiser 02-JAN-1802, No.690 Page(s)4; Newcastle Courant 09-JAN-1802, No.6535 Page(s)4